US Edition'MAHA' Study Under Scrutiny over Citations of Non-Existent Scientific Studies
- On May 22, 2025, the White House held a Make America Healthy Again event unveiling a government report on children's health led by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- The report, produced by a 14-member commission, cited about 500 studies but included at least seven nonexistent sources and citation errors, as reported by NOTUS.
- Critics, including cited researchers Katherine Keyes and Robert Findling, denied authorship of cited papers and noted broken links and misrepresented conclusions in the report.
- White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt attributed citation issues to formatting errors, stating these do not change the report's substance and that corrections have been posted.
- The errors raised concerns over review quality and possible AI use, yet the administration maintains the report is transformative and confirmed confidence in Secretary Kennedy’s team.
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'MAHA' study under scrutiny over citations of non-existent scientific studies
The Trump administration’s recent report on children’s health issues cites a study linking screen time to sleep problems. It quotes research tying pharmaceutical advertising to increased ADHD prescriptions for children. It refers to a finding that the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to mental illness and substance abuse among children and adolescents. However, these studies — and others cited in the “Make America Healthy Again” report — don’t actu…
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Arizona Daily SunTrump administration 'MAHA' health report cited nonexistent studies
A highly-publicized government report on the health of American children referenced scientific studies that did not exist among citations to support its conclusions in what the White House said were “formatting issues” on Thursday.
MAHA child health report cited studies that don’t exist | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
A highly-publicized government report on the health of American children referenced scientific studies that did not exist among citations to support its conclusions in what the White House said were “formatting issues” on Thursday.
The AI Slop Scandal Around the MAHA Report Is Getting Worse
It came to light this week that a new government report from the "Make America Healthy Again" Commission led by Robert F Kennedy Jr. contained botched citations for scientific papers that didn't exist. This is almost certainly a sign that some form of generative AI was involved to draft a very consequential piece of medical agenda-setting, coming out of the US's top health agency, the Department of Health and Human Services. Now, some additional…
The Imaginary Studies Cited In RFK Jr.'s 'MAHA' Report Were 'Formatting Errors,' Karoline Leavitt Helpfully Explains!
When Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. released his “Make America Healthy Again” commission report on children’s health, there were a number of somewhat glaring omissions. For one, health insurance was not mentioned once, despite the fact that there are 4.4 million children in this country without it. The word “doctor” showed up a total of three times, all in the context of how they are supposedly being fooled by the bad …
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